Wednesday, May 1, 2013

PFRDA NEWS : Appointment of new Trustee Bank (TB) under National Pension System (NPS)

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has issued a circular pertaining to the Axis Bank is  appointed of  new Trustee Bank (TB) under National Pension System (NPS) through its portal. The complete text of the order has been given below for your reference...
Circular

PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

PFRDA/2013/10/CRTB/1

30th April, 2013

To
All Central Government Ministries & State Governments
All PrAOs / PAOs / DTAs / DTOs
All POPs / POP-SPs / Aggregators / Corporates
All PFMs / ASPs

Dear Sir / Madam,

Subject : Appointment of new Trustee Bank (TB) under National Pension System (NPS) - reg.

1. All the offices are hereby informed that Axis Bank has been appointed as a new Trustee Bank in place of Bank of India (the current Trustee Bank) for National Pension System (NPS) with effect from 1st July, 2013.

2. Accordingly, all NPS related funds are to be remitted to the designated accounts of Axis Bank from 1st July, 2013. The Offices shall continue to remit funds to the designated NPS Trust accounts being maintained with the current Trustee Bank, I.e., Bank of India till 30th June. 2013.

3. Kindly note that the overall procedure for remittance of funds to the Trustee Bank and Matching & Booking of Subscriber Contribution Files (SCF) as well as the receipt of funds from Trustee Bank shall remain unchanged.

4. The Offices are requested to take note of the same. A detailed circular communicating the new NPS Trust Account numbers where the funds will have to be remitted from 1st July, 2013 and the name, contact numbers and email ids of the Axis Bank officials for any query/assistance will be communicated subsequently.

Yours faithfully
sd/-
(Subroto Das)
Chief General Manager

Source: www.pfrda.org.in
[http://pfrda.org.in/writereaddata/linkimages/Appointment%20of%20TB7841226642.pdf]

Message for 'May Day'

Message for 'May Day'

PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
*****

SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE GREETS LABOUR FRATERNITY ON THE EVE OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY

New Delhi, 10 Vaisakha , 1935
30 April , 2013

Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjuna Kharge has greeted the Labour Fraternity on the eve of International Labour Day for their well being in all walks of life. On this occasion he has reiterated the Governments resolve to continuously pursue its efforts to promote the welfare of workers.

Following is the text of Ministers Message:

“The 1st of May is celebrated all over the World as International Labour Day to honour the contribution and sacrifice made by the working class. On this occasion, I extend my warmest greetings and best wishes to workers all over the country. This day reminds us that only with the mutual cooperation of workers,employers, Governments and the Civil Society, we can lay a solid foundation in building our Nation.

I take this opportunity to recapitulate that in the recent past the Government of India has undertaken several important measures for improving the working conditions and welfare of the working class.

A Health Insurance Scheme for the poor titled ‘Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana’ (RSBY) has become operational from 01.04.2008. The scheme envisages provision of health insurance to unorganized workers with smart card based cashless hospitalization facilities worth up to Rs.30,000/-. As on 31.03.2013, more than 3.44 crore cards have been issued, more than 11.00 crore members are expected to be benefited from this Scheme and 51.68 lakh people have availed the hospitalization benefits. The coverage of RSBY has been extended to street vendors,construction workers, Beedi workers, domestic workers, MGNREGA workers and licensed Railway porters.

Impact of RSBY is visible in improvement in access to healthcare, health infrastructure being set up in remote areas by the private sector, Public Sector hospitals competing and improving performance to gain access to flexible funds and incentives provided under RSBY, penetration in the areas affected by extremist activities and marked improvement in utilization of services by women in the scheme.

In pursuance of Government’s commitment to eliminate child labour in hazardous occupations and processes, the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme is being implemented in 271 districts. As a result, 8.52 lakh children from special schools of NCLPs have been mainstreamed into the formal education system. Due to various initiatives taken by the Ministry of Labour & Employment, there has been significant drop in the number of child labour from an estimated 90.75 lakh during 2004-05 to 49.85 lakh in 2009-10 as revealed in the recent fourth round of NSSO Survey. A Bill has also been introduced in Parliament to amend the Child Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1986. The Bill, when passed, will make the provisions of Child Labour Act more stringent and also link the age of the prohibition with the age of children under Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act. The proposed amendment would also enable India to ratify ILO Convention No.138 and 182.

Emphasis is being given to upgrade training skills. With a view to creating a world-class skilled labour force, training courses are being offered through a network of 2271 Government and 8073 Private Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). These institutes cumulatively offer 14.66 lakh training seats. Under the schemes of modernization of ITIs, a total of 1727 Government ITIs are being modernized / upgraded including 400 ITIs with World Bank assistance.

Under the Scheme of “Skill Development Initiative”, demand driven short-term training courses based on Modular Employable Skill framework have been developed for skill development of the school leavers and workers especially in the informal sector. 14.81 lakh persons have been trained since inception.

The Ministry has proposed a new scheme namely, "Kaushal Vikas Yojana" to set up 3000 ITls & 5000 Skill Development Centres (SDCs) in PPP mode across the country . The Ministry also proposes to constitute a National Board of Trade Testing and Certification (NBTTC) to conduct trade examination for various schemes of DGE&T / NCVT. It will have independent functioning and will have no interferences from the Government in conducting the tests. Ministry of Labour and Employment has moved a proposal for making NCVT a statutory body.

A Mission Mode Project to upgrade and modernize all employment exchanges has been taken up and a National Web Portal is being developed to serve as a virtual job market.

The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation has taken up new initiatives to improve the quality of service delivery. These include coverage of new geographical areas, implementation of an IT rollout plan and medical education projects.

As part of the effort towards the automation of work processes to achieve efficiency and improve service delivery, all offices of EPFO have been computerized, with facility for electronic submission of statutory EPF returns with effect from 2012-13.

The members can now get their PF balances, status of claims and payments online as well as receive SMS alerts on their mobile phones after registering on “http://www.epfindia.gov.in”.

The Government has been playing a key role not only in identifying the areas that needed changes in legislations but also in formulating the regulations keeping in view the changing needs of the working class. During the last year, the amendment Bills in respect of following Acts has been introduced in the Parliament: -

    The Child Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1986
    The Building and Other Constructions Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996.
    The Building and Other Constructions Workers Cess Act, 1996. During the period, the Government has also approved to approach the Parliament to amend: -
    The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959


The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 The amendment in the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 , inter-alia, provide statutory status to the National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW), will make the Act applicable to all employments, provide for the revision of NFLMW every five year on the basis of NSSO ConsumerExpenditure Survey, link NFLMW with variable dearness allowance (VDA) to be notified atleast once in a year on the basis of Consumer Price Index and provide for issue of employment cards to the employees which would be Aadhaar compliant, etc.

I am happy to inform that a Newsletter is being brought out every quarter to provide information on various labour related initiatives for the welfare of the working class and it is providing an effective channel of communication between the Government and the social partners. While reiterating that we would continuously pursue our efforts to promote the welfare of workers, I once again convey my best wishes on this auspicious day.”

Expected DA from July 2013 - AICPIN for the month of March

Expected DA from July 2013 - AICPIN for the month of March

Consumer price index numbers for industrial workers (CPI-IW) March 2013

According to a press release issued today by the Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment the All-India CPI-IW for March, 2013 rose by 1 point and pegged at 224 (two hundred and twenty four . On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.45 per cent between February and March compared with 1.01 per cent between the same two months a year ago.

The largest upward contribution to the change in current index came from Food group which increased by 0.84 per cent, contributing 0.82 percentage points to the total change. This was followed by Miscellaneous group with 0.53 per cent increase contributing 0.26 percentage points to the change. At item level, largest upward pressure came from Rice, Wheat & Wheat Atta, Fish Fresh, Goat Meat, Vegetable Green & non-Leafy, Apple, Tea (Readymade), Firewood, Medicine (Allopathic), Private Tuition Fee, Bus Fare, Petrol, etc. However, this was compensated by Mustard Oil, Eggs (Hen), Poultry (Chicken), Onion, Potato and Sugar putting downward pressure on the index.

The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 11.44 per cent for February, 2013 as compared to 12.06 per cent for the previous month and 8.65 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 13.21 per cent against 14.98 per cent of the previous month and 8.16 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.

At centre level, Salem recorded the largest increase of 7 points followed by Sholapur and Quilon (6 points each). Among others, 5 points rise was registered in 4 centres, 4 points in 2 centres, 3 points in 4 centres, 2 points in 12 centres and 1 point in 18 centres. On the contrary, a decline of 2 points was reported in Jharia, Chennai, Siliguri, Mariani-Jorhat, Asansol and Kodarma and 1 point in 10 centres. Rest of the 19 centres’ indices remained stationary.

The indices of 34 centres are above All-India Index and other 43 centres’ indices are below national average. The index of Ajmer centre remained at par with all-India index. The next index of CPI-IW for the month of April, 2013 will be released on Friday, 31 May, 2013. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureau.gov.in.

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